8.10: new adept manager unusable
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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adept (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: adept
The new adept manager installed with 8.10 does not function properly.
Biggest problem: it doesn't show all available packages. In fact when you search for a package, it shows an entirely wrong set of packages. For example. Search for "apache". There's no sign of any apache packages shown, but Adept lists
libclucene, libssl,
This is a real pain because I seem to be lacking some Apache support files and with a working Adept I could find them, but with this I can't.
The "state" and "requested" section is also totally un-intuitive. I THINK I've just about worked it out now, but I'm not certain about that.
This is not a duplicate of bug 285050, as that is a wishlist entry, whereas this is in fact a report of the application being non-functional.
Wanting an application that actually does what it's supposed to be should be considered as more than just a "wish".